What's Half a House?

The earthquake that louiseis describing was tremendous, a magnitude eight point eight. The quake and ensuing sunami completely crushed the seaside town of constitution,. More than 500 people were dead and 80 % of the city's buildings were ruined. As part of a relief effort, an architecture firm called elemen tal was hired to create new housing for people displaced in the disaster. But the structures that elemental delivered were a radical and somewhat controversial approach towards housing. They gave people half a house.